What an incredible half hour. My favorite quote, (or misquote, since I'm going from memory): "Any story of great length that manages to hold people's attention is about one thing: death. About the inevitability of death." And my favorite light quote: "There's [can't remember the name--some colleague] all togged up. I've never seen him so tidy." :-D Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..." Dwarves: "Pretty rings..." Men: "Pretty rings..." Sauron: "Mine's better."

"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauronís master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.